Stakeholder Needs

After choosing to address the need for affordable, portable water filtration and treatment with a microentrepreneur network of distribution, the next step is designing a tangible product that addresses the needs of all parties involved. Given this double-layered buyer/seller relationship, the product constraints must be strictly established in order to ensure proper affordability and profitability during both exchanges. These constraints better guide the product design steps of filter media choice and pump architecture.